Stock Market Sensitivity

Is it just me, or is the Stock Market in this country the most sensitive barometer ever? I mean, when Black Friday shoppers came out, like they always do, the market went through the roof. And yet, whenever some little piece of bad news comes out, the market takes a massive nose dive. It's really frustrating and ridiculous. We've desperately got to fix the way we do business in this country, for the old way that we fixed things (by raising or lowering the federal interest rates) no longer works. Obama certainly has his work cut out for him, and I'll be rooting for him. Failure is not an option.